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G. AUSTIN.

Cheese Vat.

Patented March .19, 1867.

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eRINMoN AUSTIN, orv DENMARK, NEW YORK. Lette-rs Patent N 62,991, velated Mdrck 19, 1867.

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Be it known that I, GRINMoN'Ans-TIN, of Denmark, in the county of Lewis, and vState of ,New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cheese Vets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactA description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective/view Figure 2, a general plan.

Figure 3, a transverse section in the line A B.

Figure 4, a. side elevation ofthe rakes. v

' D and E are rakes connected with the barv O by the sidt joints F. Gr is -a chute er spout through wh-ich the water is delivered on the water-wheel H after its eii'ect in cooling the milk in the vat, and being then waste water from the hollow chamber I, formcdby the wooden vat andthe sheet-tin lining thereof'. K is a receiver or funnel, through which the water from the conduit II is passed into the water chnmberI, the conduit. L being in connection with'the supply of water used for the purposes ofthe cheese factory, dto. M is e, lgso'nnecting-rod from the water-wheel H, and geared to a crank on the axis of same, and joined by a movable joint to the rod N, which rod N is joined to the axle R. O is a bar framed in the axle R, and receives through the crank P on the axis of the water-wheel I-I an oscillating motion when the water-,wheel II is-rerolving. S Sare rods inserted at the end of the rakes, and are in fact a part of the rakes, asv may be seen on inspection of the transverse section, tig'` 3.

The nature of my invention consists is providing the-ordinary cheese vats with self-acting rak'es, driven by the wastewater used for cooling themilk during the time of its delivery, a period of from eleven to twelve hours, instead of working the common rakeby hand as is now thecustom, and thereby dispensing with one mans labor for a duration Aoi' from ve to seven hours onv each operation of cheese making. The ferm of the rakes and uniform action of them is` also claimed as an improvementfbeing superior to the intermittent manual actionof the rake as now used. And further, the motion imparted to my improved rake, and through it to the milk in the vat, brings each globule of the milk in more frequent und constant contact with the tin lining against which the cold water is in constant ilcw, and consequently has a superior tendency to keep the whole volume of milk iu the vat cool, and so prevents the rising of the cream and souring et' the milk until Vsuch time as the cheese makingV commences.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describeits construction and operation. I y I I construct my cheese vats-n any of the known lforms and sizes, and apply thereto a water-wheeler other motive lpower driven by the waste water passing between the wooden bex and the sheet-tin lining, which together I form the vat, or drive the water-wheel direct from the factory stream or water supply, as 'may be most conn i venient. Over the centro of the vat the oscillatingbar O, framed into the axle R, (which axle is geared to thea,l stanchions attached to the sides of the van) obtains the necessary motion from the water-wheel by means of? the crank I and the bar M and rod N, as will be seen on reference to the accompanying drawings. On ythe bottom of the bar O are two slots, F, in which the longitudinal parts of the I'akes are movably connected. Short stout pieces of wood are framedinto the other ends `of this longitudinalpart of the rakcs, and two cross-rods, S S, are inserted into'the short stout pieces described and at right angles to the longitudinal parts of the takes, so that thus the two Takes are joined at F, and will have a vertical motion from their buoyancy, and a horizontal motion from the crank on the axis of the water-wheel or other motive power.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

'lhe within-described device for cooling milk, so constructed that the water which passes around the milkreceiver to cool the saune will not upon awhe'el or equivalent device, operating the parts, which causes continuous agitation to the milk, substantially as specified.

eRINMoN AUSTIN.

Witnesses:

G. E. COLLINS,

A. G. DAYAN 

